story
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Beneath the summer camp fun is a story that is deeply personal for the film's writer and director, George Jaques.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Joshua Kushner’s $12.5 billion deal to acquire the team with Bob Iger, Disney senior adviser and former CEO, marks another chapter in the improbable story of one family’s American journey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Said injured her foot later that year while covering a weather-related story in the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Fridge technology isn't something the average consumer will notice, but new products on the shelf are a different story.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
This would help her not stand there in silence but speak loudly and share the story she’d written in her poem.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of those stories through interviews, archives, and fresh analysis.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
Harrowing stories have emerged from people who had their homes destroyed by fire.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Her team’s stories explore how companies approach protecting their systems, data and intellectual property from financially motivated hackers and those sponsored by nation states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
MarketWatch’s healthcare editor Jaimy Lee shared the stories of patients facing big spikes in medication costs after their health insurers changed their coverage.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The other kids didn’t matter now with their stupid stories.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
By Wednesday, Kushner and former Disney chief executive Bob Iger had agreed to buy a controlling stake in the storied franchise at a $12.5 billion valuation, the highest price ever paid for any sports team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The wedding was only subsequently confirmed by a statement from Swift's spokeswoman and a message on the giant screens of the storied concert hall and sports venue.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The owner of the storied Washington Post owns a similarly storied estate in the nation’s capital, a compound that he is said to have dropped $23 million on in 2017.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Discovery — a blockbuster deal that would reshape Hollywood by uniting two storied studios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Since he had started at the paper in 1910, Brougham had become something of a local legend, renowned for his uncanny ability to extract information from storied figures like Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
I mean this book doesn't do a lot of war storying.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018
Behold now! of my godhead I will make Thy senses burn with vision, storying The spirit of woman growing from loved to love.
From Emblems Of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie
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